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Assembly Bill A3392

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes insurance coverage for a course of instruction in breast feeding

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2009-A3392 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2009-A3392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes insurance coverage for a course of instruction in breast feeding taught by a certified lactation consultant which may be up to six hours in duration and which may be offered prior to or subsequent to the birth of the infant.

2009-A3392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3392

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EDDINGTON,  PHEFFER, HYER-SPENCER, JAFFEE --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BENJAMIN, McENENY  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to authorizing insurance
  coverage for a course of instruction in breast feeding

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 10 of subsection
(i)  of  section  3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 56 of
the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) Maternity care coverage shall also include,  at  minimum,  parent
education,  assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, INCLUD-
ING A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN BREAST  FEEDING  TAUGHT  BY  A  CERTIFIED
LACTATION  CONSULTANT WHICH MAY BE UP TO SIX HOURS IN DURATION AND WHICH
MAY BE OFFERED PRIOR TO OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE BIRTH OF  THE  INFANT,  and
the  performance  of any necessary maternal and newborn clinical assess-
ments.
  S 2. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of
section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 56 of the  laws
of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii)  Maternity  care  coverage shall also include, at minimum, parent
education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding,  INCLUD-
ING  A  COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION  IN BREAST FEEDING TAUGHT BY A CERTIFIED
LACTATION CONSULTANT WHICH MAY BE UP TO SIX HOURS IN DURATION AND  WHICH
MAY  BE  OFFERED  PRIOR TO OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT, and
the performance of any necessary maternal and newborn  clinical  assess-
ments.
  S 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303
of  the insurance law, as amended by chapter 661 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04649-01-9

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